Temptation provokes me to look upward to God.
JOHN BUNYANNothing can hurt you except sin; nothing can grieve me except sin; nothing can defeat you except sin. Therefore, be on your guard, my Mansoul.
More John Bunyan Quotes
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Our sins, when laid upon Christ, were yet personally ours, not his; so his righteousness, when put upon us, is yet personally his, not ours.
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The truths that I know best I have learned on my knees. I never know a thing well, till it is burned into my heart by prayer.
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If thou hast sinned, lie not down without repentance; for the want of repentance, after one has sinned, makes the heart yet harder and harder.
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The Lord uses his flail of tribulation to separate the chaff from the wheat.
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The reason why the Christians in this day are at such a loss as to some things is that they are contented with what comes from man’s mouth, without searching and kneeling before God to know of Him the truth of things.
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The road of denial leads to the precipice of destruction.
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Then I saw that there was a way to hell, even from the gates of heaven.
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Dark clouds bring waters, when the bright bring none.
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Prayer is a sincere, sensible, affectionate pouring out of the soul to God, through Christ, in the strength and assistance of the Spirit, for such things as God has promised.
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If you release me today, I’ll preach tomorrow.
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Hope is never ill when faith is well.
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He who bestows his goods upon the poor shall have as much again, and ten times more.
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It is easier going out of the way when we are in, than going in when we are out.
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Temptations, when we meet them at first, are as the lion that reared upon Samson; but if we overcome them, the next time we see them we shall find a nest of honey within them.
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Run when I can, walk when I cannot run, and creep when I cannot walk.
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Knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
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The heart must be beaten or bruised, and then the sweet scent will come out.
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It is possible to learn all about the mysteries of the Bible and never be affected by it in one’s soul. Great knowledge is not enough.
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Man indeed is the most noble, by creation, of all the creatures in the visible World; but by sin he has made himself the most ignoble.
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To seek yourself in this world is to be lost; and to be humble is to be exalted.
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He that forgets his friend is ungrateful to him; but he that forgets his Saviour is unmerciful to himself.
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In times of affliction we commonly meet with the sweetest experiences of the love of God.
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I have given Him my faith, and sworn my allegiance to Him; how, then, can I go back from this, and not be hanged as a traitor?
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I have often thought that the best Christians are found in the worst of times.
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The same yesterday, today, and forever.
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To run and work the law commands, but gives us neither feet nor hands. But better news the gospel brings, it bids us fly and gives us wings.
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